Census of India - Revision history

Jyoti: /* What is the debate over the caste census? */

2025-05-06T12:23:40Z

‎What is the debate over the caste census?

Pdewan: /* The Constitutional or legal requirement */

2023-05-24T06:20:35Z

‎The Constitutional or legal requirement

Pdewan: /* The logistics */

2023-05-24T06:20:00Z

‎The logistics

Pdewan: /* The missed/ delayed 2021 census */

2023-05-24T06:19:14Z

‎The missed/ delayed 2021 census

Pdewan: /* 2021 */

2023-05-24T06:18:50Z

‎2021

Pdewan: /* Census 2011: What is new? */

2023-05-24T06:16:39Z

‎Census 2011: What is new?

Jyoti: /* The logistics */

2021-05-19T19:16:50Z

‎The logistics

Jyoti: /* 1981-2011: the population not counted */

2021-05-19T19:15:23Z

‎1981-2011: the population not counted

Pdewan: /* 1871: the first British census */

2014-11-20T09:44:34Z

‎1871: the first British census

Pdewan: /* 1871: the first British census */

2014-11-20T09:43:33Z

‎1871: the first British census

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 There is, thus, a strong demand from many that data should be collected on other castes as well, particularly now when government policy provides for reservations for OBCs. Those against a caste census argue that it will increase casteism and widen the caste divide (ignoring the fact that 80 years of not having caste censuses has not made the institution disappear). They also point out that unlike brahmins, who have an all-India presence, most other castes are localised and hence it would be difficult to aggregate the other castes to get a true picture of the OBC population.
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 [https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/unplanned-population-un-population-funds-annual-report-on-population-indias-population-8625414/    Amitabh Sinha/  The missing Census and its consequences/ ''The Indian Express'' / May 24, 2023]

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 There is, thus, a strong demand from many that data should be collected on other castes as well, particularly now when government policy provides for reservations for OBCs. Those against a caste census argue that it will increase casteism and widen the caste divide (ignoring the fact that 80 years of not having caste censuses has not made the institution disappear). They also point out that unlike brahmins, who have an all-India presence, most other castes are localised and hence it would be difficult to aggregate the other castes to get a true picture of the OBC population.
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 [https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/unplanned-population-un-population-funds-annual-report-on-population-indias-population-8625414/    Amitabh Sinha/  The missing Census and its consequences/ ''The Indian Express'' / May 24, 2023]
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	The database will also contain photographs and finger biometry of persons above the age of 15 years. After the finalization of the database, every individual will be assigned a Unique Identification Number (UID) and an identity card containing basic details will be issued. Although both processes are carried out together, the NPR is different from the census because unlike the census, which requires a particular manpower for a limited period of time the NPR is a continuous process and the database will be regularly upgraded.		The database will also contain photographs and finger biometry of persons above the age of 15 years. After the finalization of the database, every individual will be assigned a Unique Identification Number (UID) and an identity card containing basic details will be issued. Although both processes are carried out together, the NPR is different from the census because unlike the census, which requires a particular manpower for a limited period of time the NPR is a continuous process and the database will be regularly upgraded.
−	~~==The missed/ delayed 2021 census==~~
−	[https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/unplanned-population-un-population-funds-annual-report-on-population-indias-population-8625414/ Amitabh Sinha/ The missing Census and its consequences/ ''The Indian Express'' / May 24, 2023]

−	A bulk of the work for the 2021 Census was completed before Covid-19 hit the country. It was initially proposed to be an entirely digital exercise, with all the information being fed into a mobile app by the enumerators. However, owing to ‘practical difficulties’, it was later decided to conduct it in ‘mix mode’, using either the mobile app or the traditional paper forms.
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−	~~Covid struck in India in March 2020 while the housing census was to begin on April 1. Lockdown was imposed just a week before the housing census was to start.~~
−	What has been inexplicable, however, is the failure to resume the Census exercise in 2023, if not in 2022 itself. Most normal activities had been restored by the middle of 2022 after the dwindling of the third wave of the pandemic.
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−	~~Interestingly, many other countries have carried out their Census either during, or after, the pandemic. These include the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.~~

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 Among the uncounted, some strange facts emerged.The share of people left out was higher in some states. In the central zone made up of UP , Uttarakhand, MP , Chhattisgarh, about 4.2% of the people were omitted. That's close to the statistically permissible limit of 5%. But the most bizarre finding is this: fathers and mothers of the head of the household were more likely to be omitted. But the worst were unrelated persons staying with the family , like servants. Over 15% of these were not counted.
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 Among the uncounted, some strange facts emerged.The share of people left out was higher in some states. In the central zone made up of UP , Uttarakhand, MP , Chhattisgarh, about 4.2% of the people were omitted. That's close to the statistically permissible limit of 5%. But the most bizarre finding is this: fathers and mothers of the head of the household were more likely to be omitted. But the worst were unrelated persons staying with the family , like servants. Over 15% of these were not counted.
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	Among the uncounted, some strange facts emerged.The share of people left out was higher in some states. In the central zone made up of UP , Uttarakhand, MP , Chhattisgarh, about 4.2% of the people were omitted. That's close to the statistically permissible limit of 5%. But the most bizarre finding is this: fathers and mothers of the head of the household were more likely to be omitted. But the worst were unrelated persons staying with the family , like servants. Over 15% of these were not counted.		Among the uncounted, some strange facts emerged.The share of people left out was higher in some states. In the central zone made up of UP , Uttarakhand, MP , Chhattisgarh, about 4.2% of the people were omitted. That's close to the statistically permissible limit of 5%. But the most bizarre finding is this: fathers and mothers of the head of the household were more likely to be omitted. But the worst were unrelated persons staying with the family , like servants. Over 15% of these were not counted.
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		+	''' 28m people in Census blind spot '''
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		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=28m-people-in-Census-blind-spot-27092014014035 The Times of India Subodh Varma] Sep 27 2014
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		+	Exercise In 2011 Missed 2.3% Of Population, Finds Post-Enumeration Survey
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		+	The Census of India in 2011 left out about 28 million people from its headcount. This is the startling conclusion of a survey carried out by the Census people themselves, a few months after the enumeration work finished in March 2011. Called the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES), it was a near repeat of the Census, except that it was carried out to cover only about 4 lakh people across the country .
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		+	The 2011 census counted over 1.2 billion Indi ans, collecting about 30 bits of individual information from them, besides 35 other queries about their households. That's big data.
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		+	Compared to this, the 28million uncounted make up just 2.3% of the population.This small share means there is no cause for alarm, the Census office says. Nothing will have to be changed. In 2001, the net omission rate was roughly the same, although it was lower in 1991 and 1981.
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		+	How did so many people go uncounted in a rigorously designed survey like the Census? “Most of this occurs because of hard-to-reach people, particularly people with no fixed residence such as street people, and because of people who are travelling,“ explains Pronob Sen, chair person of the National Statistical Commission.
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		+	“An estimated coverage omission rate of 2.3% is by no means unusual or excessive even if it adds up to 2.8 crore people. It does not really lead to any serious bias. If the omission rate was higher than 5%, then a more substantive survey would have had to be done to correct the Census estimates. To put it in perspective, the NSSO surveys underestimate population by a much higher proportion (6 to 12%),“ he told TOI.
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		+	Among the uncounted, some strange facts emerged.The share of people left out was higher in some states. In the central zone made up of UP , Uttarakhand, MP , Chhattisgarh, about 4.2% of the people were omitted. That's close to the statistically permissible limit of 5%. But the most bizarre finding is this: fathers and mothers of the head of the household were more likely to be omitted. But the worst were unrelated persons staying with the family , like servants. Over 15% of these were not counted.